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> I do think that once PostgreSQL gets some of the clustering/HA features in the box and shaken out, it will become the default option for most uses. As it stands MSSQL does have some compelling advantages, some of which you pay for.

Or even a add-on that's not so difficult to configure. EnterpriseDB has made strides here, but justifying the license cost is harder for me now that they've moved to their new Unicore model.

`repmgr` from 2ndQuadrant is getting really close to ideal and it's included in the PGDG yum and apt repositories, my biggest issue is the manual plumbing involved to get clients to automatically pick up the new master after a failover and automatically rewinding a failed master and bringing it back up as a standby (both are done out of the box by EDB's solution).